24 Hours — There are crazy days and then there are days like yesterday. Kickstarter has experienced some frantic hours but nothing like what happened in the 24-hour span between Wednesday at 6:54pm and Thursday at 6:44pm. Two million-dollar projects, a major political speech involving Kickstarter …

AT&T doubles handset upgrade fee to $36 [updated] — AT&T is increasing the fee charged when subscribers upgrade to new handsets on contract beginning this Sunday. BGR has been informed by multiple readers via email that AT&T has sent them notices regarding the increased fee, which had previously been $18.

Five years later, I'm off to ABC News... Funny enough, it was exactly five years ago this week that I decided I wanted to be a technology reporter. — I was working at a New York PR agency — my first job out of college — and knowing that I loved new technology, my friend Becca asked …

Apple sues Samsung over autocorrect, other iOS patents — You may be familiar with the humor blog that aggregates examples of iPhone spelling correction malfunctions that cause (amusing) communication chaos called DamnYouAutoCorrect.com. Samsung lawyers are probably thinking something along those lines right now.

EU competition chief threatens patent war smackdown — Tough-talking Almunia will take mobile giants to task — European anti-competition chief Joaquin Almunia has warned that the EU won't stand for any messing about with technology standards-related patents.

Exclusive: Alibaba plans to take Hong Kong unit private — (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group plans to take its Hong Kong-listed unit private, two sources familiar with the matter said, and is working with Yahoo on an asset-swap deal that may result in Yahoo owning …

Amazon hiring creative execs for original programming — Add Amazon to the list of online video providers that could soon release some new original programming. The company is looking to hire creative executives to develop and produce original comedies and kids shows for online and traditional distribution.

Solving the attachment problem with SkyDrive … The attachment problem — Every day, the average office worker receives over 170 email messages a day, and sends over 35. With that kind of volume, it's understandable that over half of the average work day consists of dealing with email.